SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS – Othello
Act III
1. Why didn't Iago simply tell Othello right away that Desdemona and Cassio were having an
affair?
2. What thing did Emilia find and give to Iago? What did Iago intend to do with it?
3. What was Iago's reply when Othello demanded proof of his wife's disloyalty?
4. What did Othello decide and command at the end of Scene III?
5. What was Emilia's relationship with Iago? Desdemona?
6. Who had the handkerchief at the end of Act III? Why?
Act III
7. True or False: Iago was reluctant to tell Othello his thoughts about Desdemona and Cassio because he wasn't absolutely sure his plan would work.
A. True
B. False
8. What thing did Emilia find and give to Iago?
A. She found Desdemona's handkerchief.
B. She found a love letter supposedly written to Desdemona by Cassio.
C. She found a gold bracelet.
D. She found Cassio's sword.
9. What did Iago intend to do with it?
A. He was going to pawn it for money.
B. He was going to use it to blackmail Desdemona.
C. He was going to give it to Othello and pretend he didn't know where it came from.
D. He was going to plant it in Cassio's possession to show Othello that Desdemona had
given it as a favor to Cassio.
10. True or False: When Othello demanded proof of his wife's disloyalty, Iago said "Let us hide and ourselves behold the cursed fate of star-crossed lovers."
A. True
B. False
11. What did Othello decide and command at the end of Scene III?
A. Iago was to have Cassio killed within three days. Othello would kill Desdemona
himself. Iago was promoted to Lieutenant.
B. Othello would kill Cassio, then hold Desdemona's father hostage to force her to be
faithful.
C. Othello would banish Cassio. Then Iago would pretend to be sympathetic to
Desdemona. While she confessed her feelings to him, Othello would be concealed
close-by. He would find them, and accuse Desdemona of being unfaithful, and
imprison her.
D. Iago would kill Cassio and Desdemona, making it look like a lover's quarrel.
12. What was Emilia's relationship with Iago?
A. She was his maiden sister.
B. She was his daughter.
C. She was his wife.
D. She was a slave he had won in battle years ago.
13. What was Emilia's relationship with Desdemona?
A. She was a servant and friend.
B. She was an older step-sister.
C. She was a teacher.
D. She was Desdemona's mother, although she had been sworn to secrecy about it.
14. Who had the handkerchief at the end of Act III? Why?
A. Emilia had it, and was planning to return it to Desdemona.
B. Iago had it to give to Othello.
C. Cassio gave it to Bianca, his prostitute friend, for her to take out the design.
D. Desdemona had it; she had found it and didn't tell anyone.
VOCABULARY - Othello : Act III
Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the
sentence. Write what you think the sentence menas
1. His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift. I'll intermingle every thing he does With Cassio's suit.
2. Whereon I do beseech thee grant me this . . . .
3. Did Michael Cassio, when you wooed my lady, Know of your love?
4. Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago . . . .
5. Note if your lady strain his entertainment With any strong or vehement importunity – Much will be seen in that.
6. . . . --this hand of yours requires A sequester from liberty, fasting and prayer, much castigation, exercise devout.
7. My advocation is now in tune.
8. But now I find I had suborned the witness, And he's indicted falsely.
II. Determining the Meaning - Match the words to their dictionary definitions.
____ 1. shrift A. earnestly request
____ 2. beseech B. repeated requests
____ 3. wooed C. confessional
____ 4. conspire D. induced to commit a bad action or perjury
____ 5. importunity E. a cause or a path of action
____ 6. castigation F. secretly plot
____ 7. advocation G. punishment; criticism
____ 8. suborned H. courted; dated
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